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أبو العلاء المعري

SY, Maarrat al-Nu'man

A.k.a. أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان القضاعي التنوخي المعري (Aḥmad Bin ʾAbdallah Bin Sulaymān al-Qaḍāʾi al-Tannūkhi al-Maʿarri)

Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri (Arabic أبو العلاء المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, full name أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaimān al-Tanūẖī al-Maʿarrī; 973–1057) was a blind Arab philosopher, poet, and writer. Born in modern day Maarrat al-Nuʿman, Syria, he studied at Aleppo, Tripoli and Antioch. Producing popular poems in Baghdad, he nevertheless refused to sell his texts. In 1010, he returned to Syria after his mother began declining in health, and continued writing which gained him local respect.

     
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